Psalms 55:11

11 Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

Psalms 55:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:11

Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof
All manner of wickedness; abominable wickedness; wickedness as arrived to its highest pitch, and as having filled up its measure; see ( Ezekiel 9:4 ) ( Zechariah 5:7 Zechariah 5:8 ) ;

deceit and guile depart not from her streets;
where truth was fallen, and equity could not enter, ( Isaiah 59:14 ) ; for these are contrary the one to the other, and are incompatible; where the one prevails, the other must give way. This whole account shows the aboundings of sin in Jerusalem at this time, and that it was openly and publicly committed, and contains so many reasons of the imprecations in ( Psalms 55:9 ) .

Psalms 55:11 In-Context

9 Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.

10 Day and night they go around on [top of] the city walls. Trouble and misery are everywhere.

11 Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

12 If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.

13 But it is you, my equal, my best friend, one I knew so well!